Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing ...

so Komarov and his colleagues turned to study the phenomenon in a species that’s easy to manipulate — fruit flies. Specifically, they looked at the larvae, which eat constantly. “The way it ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

The new study addressed this issue in fruit fly larvae, commonly called maggots ... The researchers established that maggots will not eat food that is too hard or too soft, but if it is just ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.

Is important information about food safety and quality, helping avoid eating something that ... to study the phenomenon in fruit flies - specifically, the larva. KOMAROV: It eats constantly ...

Two different agricultural enterprises have come together to tackle Australia's food waste challenge in an unexpected way — ...

Very little is known, however, about how animals perceive food texture, so Komarov and his colleagues turned to study the ...